Climate and Development Knowledge Network

🌍 This , we’re sharing our poster for EbA Knowledge Day ahead of , showing how climate knowledge is resulting in locally led action through CDKN’s Knowledge-to-Action (K2A) grants 🌍

Across Africa, Asia and Latin America, communities are combining Indigenous knowledge and scientific insights to strengthen resilience, while putting gender equality, social inclusion, and ecosystem-based approaches at the centre.

From restoring degraded landscapes and implementing climate-smart agriculture in Kenya, Benin and Mozambique, to integrating gender equity and social inclusion (GESI) into ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) efforts through water funds in the Andes, these initiatives show that:

✅ Local leadership drives lasting impact
✅ Inclusive approaches strengthen resilience
✅ Small grants can catalyse scalable change

As we mark , we highlight key lessons from the K2A projects, demonstrating that when knowledge is co-created and grounded in local realities, it leads to meaningful, lasting climate action.

🇩🇪 This poster will also be shared at EbA Knowledge Day 🇩🇪

👉 Explore more insights and examples here: https://cdkn.org/project/ecosystem-based-adaptation-eba-priority-action-area

IDRC / CRDI Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken ICLEI-South Asia International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) UN Climate Change Cris Robertson

🇪🇹 Young people are not only beneficiaries of climate action. They are active contributors to policy, implementation and accountability 🇪🇹

A Youth Climate Action Workshop organised by Enfluencers and Ethiopian Women and Youth Climate Assembly (EWYCA) with the support of CDKN, brought together The Youth Canvas Ethiopia members, youth-led organisations, climate actors and partners to explore how youth-led initiatives can better align with Ethiopia’s national climate frameworks, including the NDCs, NAPs, LT-LEDS, CRGE Strategy and the Climate Change Gender Action Plan.

The session created space for learning, dialogue and practical reflection on youth inclusion in climate governance, gender-responsive climate action, and pathways toward COP32 and LCOY Ethiopia 2026.

CDKN and SouthSouthNorth are pleased to support the Youth Canvas as a platform for young climate leaders to connect, learn and contribute to Ethiopia’s climate future.

To learn more about CDKN’s work in Ethiopia, visit our website: https://cdkn.org/project/ethiopia-community-practice-gender-equality-and-social-inclusion-gesi-climate-change

IDRC / CRDI Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken

🌎 Join CDKN's Prince Ansah (MPhil, PhD) and Valerie Kplorm Aku Nutakor at this week's 1st of the PCCB Network Capacity-Building Series! 🌎
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📅 29 May 2026
🕐 13:00–14:30 (UTC+2)
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UN Climate Change Paris Committee on Capacity-building Cris Robertson IDRC / CRDI Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken

🌍 This , we're celebrating the extraordinary stories of those already shaping locally led adaptation solutions that respond to lived realities.

Across CDKN’s network of public, private and civil society partners, we are seeing powerful examples of effective that is rooted in local knowledge, local priorities and local decision-making:

👉 Championing inclusive climate action: Lessons from Ethiopia’s gender and climate change community of practice https://cdkn.org/story/championing-inclusive-climate-action-addis-ababa-lessons-ethiopias-gender-and-climate-change-community-practice
👉 Strengthening rangeland management through community knowledge and science in Namibia https://cdkn.org/story/strengthening-rangeland-management-through-community-knowledge-and-science-otjinene
👉 Learning from the ground: How science and local knowledge are reducing climate risks in Senegal https://cdkn.org/story/learning-ground-how-science-and-local-knowledge-are-reducing-climate-risks-coastal-city-saint-louis-senegal
👉 Building a circular economy: Transforming Ghana's e-waste crisis https://cdkn.org/story/building-circular-economy-transforming-ghanas-e-waste-crisis
👉 Kenya’s innovative approach to tracking and reporting climate action impact https://cdkn.org/story/measuring-impact-kenyas-innovative-approach-tracking-and-reporting-climate-action-impact
👉 Traditional knowledge driving local-scale business and biodiversity conservation in Benin https://cdkn.org/story/traditional-knowledge-driving-local-scale-business-and-biodiversity-conservation-central-benin
👉 Identifying climate-related risks and adaptation measures through infrastructure mapping in South Sudan https://cdkn.org/project/identifying-climate-related-risks-and-adaptation-measures-through-infrastructure-mapping-south-sudan
👉 Mobilising locally-led action for restoration and governance in Kenya https://cdkn.org/project/mobilising-locally-led-action-restoration-and-governance-mount-marsabit-kenya
👉 Supporting local adaptation efforts to leverage scientific and Indigenous knowledge in Mozambique https://cdkn.org/project/supporting-local-adaptation-efforts-leverage-scientific-and-indigenous-knowledge-western-mozambique
👉 Urban art for climate in Cameroon https://cdkn.org/project/urban-art-climate-cameroon

IDRC / CRDI Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken